Dance Kinesiology

Dance Kinesiology
ISBN-10
0028645073
ISBN-13
9780028645070
Category
Music / General
Pages
484
Language
English
Published
1996
Publisher
Schirmer Books
Author
Sally Sevey Fitt

Description

Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the continuing development of knowledge and techniques, the Second Edition includes new articles on eight important somatic systems from the dancer's point of view, each contributed by a trained practitioners. The book is further supplemented with more than 150 anatomical drawings; photographs illustrating technical concepts; fully illustrated practice exercises; tables for analysis of movement; and a list of suggested readings.

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